OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Microbiome is 70. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Antibiotic exposure is associated with minimal gut microbiome perturbations in healthy term infants	520
No microorganism was detected in amniotic fluid of healthy pregnancies from the second trimester to the delivery	447
Comprehensive profiling of genomic invertons in defined gut microbial community reveals associations with intestinal colonization and surface adhesion	436
Extensive diversity and rapid turnover of phage defense repertoires in cheese-associated bacterial communities	335
Blocked conversion of Lactobacillus johnsonii derived acetate to butyrate mediates copper-induced epithelial barrier damage in a pig model	335
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data	303
SalmoSim: the development of a three-compartment in vitro simulator of the Atlantic salmon GI tract and associated microbial communities	274
Antimicrobial peptides modulate lung injury by altering the intestinal microbiota	246
Salivary proteomics and metaproteomics identifies distinct molecular and taxonomic signatures of type-2 diabetes	196
A microbial causal mediation analytic tool for health disparity and applications in body mass index	187
The long-term gut bacterial signature of a wild primate is associated with a timing effect of pre- and postnatal maternal glucocorticoid levels	180
Deep-sea Bacteroidetes from the Mariana Trench specialize in hemicellulose and pectin degradation typically associated with terrestrial systems	176
Metagenomic signatures of extraintestinal bacterial infection in the febrile term infant gut microbiome	173
Divergent maturational patterns of the infant bacterial and fungal gut microbiome in the first year of life are associated with inter-kingdom community dynamics and infant nutrition	168
Growth rate determines prokaryote-provirus network modulated by temperature and host genetic traits	166
Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population	162
Microbial active functional modules derived from network analysis and metabolic interactions decipher the complex microbiome assembly in mangrove sediments	156
Gut-derived metabolites influence neurodevelopmental gene expression and Wnt signaling events in a germ-free zebrafish model	156
Assessing the causes and consequences of gut mycobiome variation in a wild population of the Seychelles warbler	155
Degradation pathways for organic matter of terrestrial origin are widespread and expressed in Arctic Ocean microbiomes	153
Rapid remodeling of the soil lipidome in response to a drying-rewetting event	152
Core-predominant gut fungus Kazachstania slooffiae promotes intestinal epithelial glycolysis via lysine desuccinylation in pigs	148
In silico evaluation and selection of the best 16S rRNA gene primers for use in next-generation sequencing to detect oral bacteria and archaea	145
Obese-associated gut microbes and derived phenolic metabolite as mediators of excessive motivation for food reward	141
Disentangling temporal associations in marine microbial networks	140

Sodium levels and grazing pressure shape natural communities of the intracellular pathogen Legionella	138
Lower viral evolutionary pressure under stable versus fluctuating conditions in subzero Arctic brines	135
A glimpse of the paleome in endolithic microbial communities	128
PandaGUT provides new insights into bacterial diversity, function, and resistome landscapes with implications for conservation	126
A consortia of clinical E. coli strains with distinct in vitro adherent/invasive properties establish their own co-colonization niche and shape the intestinal microbiota in inflammation-susceptible mi	124
Methanolobus use unspecific methyltransferases to produce methane from dimethylsulphide in Baltic Sea sediments	123
The fusion of multi-omics profile and multimodal EEG data contributes to the personalized diagnostic strategy for neurocognitive disorders	123
Sequential host-bacteria and bacteria-bacteria interactions determine the microbiome establishment of Nematostella vectensis	123
Colonization during a key developmental window reveals microbiota-dependent shifts in growth and immunity during undernutrition	122
Overcoming donor variability and risks associated with fecal microbiota transplants through bacteriophage-mediated treatments	110
Decline of a distinct coral reef holobiont community under ocean acidification	110
High-tannin food enhances spatial memory and scatter-hoarding in rodents via the microbiota-gut-brain axis	109
Engineering a dysbiotic biofilm model for testing root caries interventions through microbial modulation	108
From dysbiosis to defense: harnessing the gut microbiome in HIV/SIV therapy	104
Cover crop root exudates impact soil microbiome functional trajectories in agricultural soils	103
DNA stable isotope probing reveals the impact of trophic interactions on bioaugmentation of soils with different pollution histories	103
Global distribution, diversity, and ecological niche of Picozoa, a widespread and enigmatic marine protist lineage	101
Enrichment of novel entomopathogenic Pseudomonas species enhances willow resistance to leaf beetles	100
Melatonin alleviates heat stress-induced spermatogenesis dysfunction in male dairy goats by regulating arachidonic acid metabolism mediated by remodeling the gut microbiota	99
Vaginal metatranscriptome meta-analysis reveals functional BV subgroups and novel colonisation strategies	99
Response and oil degradation activities of a northeast Atlantic bacterial community to biogenic and synthetic surfactants	98
Modified PCR protocol to increase sensitivity for determination of bacterial community composition	98
Vibrio vulnificus induces the death of a major bacterial species in the mouse gut via cyclo-Phe-Pro	97
Recovery of strain-resolved genomes from human microbiome through an integration framework of single-cell genomics and metagenomics	95
Type 1 diabetes in pregnancy is associated with distinct changes in the composition and function of the gut microbiome	93
Cooperation between host immunity and the gut bacteria is essential for helminth-evoked suppression of colitis	92
Circadian dynamics of the teleost skin immune-microbiome interface	91
Microbiota in mesenteric adipose tissue from Crohn’s disease promote colitis in mice	89
Biogeography, succession, and origin of the chicken intestinal mycobiome	86
Signature changes in gut microbiome are associated with increased susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in MSM	85
Extensive metagenomic analysis of the porcine gut resistome to identify indicators reflecting antimicrobial resistance	83
Exposure to Trypanosoma parasites induces changes in the microbiome of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius prolixus	81
Microbial Tracking-2, a metagenomics analysis of bacteria and fungi onboard the International Space Station	80
Phylogeny-guided microbiome OTU-specific association test (POST)	77
Microbiomes of clownfish and their symbiotic host anemone converge before their first physical contact	76
Linking gastrointestinal microbiota and metabolome dynamics to clinical outcomes in paediatric haematopoietic stem cell transplantation	76
Gut dysbiosis induces the development of depression-like behavior through abnormal synapse pruning in microglia-mediated by complement C3	75
Deciphering the gut microbiome of grass carp through multi-omics approach	75
Integrated multi-omics analysis reveals the positive leverage of citrus flavonoids on hindgut microbiota and host homeostasis by modulating sphingolipid metabolism in mid-lactation dairy cows consumin	74
Lateral root enriched Massilia associated with plant flowering in maize	74
Bifidobacterial carbohydrate/nucleoside metabolism enhances oxidative phosphorylation in white adipose tissue to protect against diet-induced obesity	74
Selected commensals educate the intestinal vascular and immune system for immunocompetence	73
Defining Vaginal Community Dynamics: daily microbiome transitions, the role of menstruation, bacteriophages, and bacterial genes	73
Virus diversity and activity is driven by snowmelt and host dynamics in a high-altitude watershed soil ecosystem	72
High-fat diet-disturbed gut microbiota-colonocyte interactions contribute to dysregulating peripheral tryptophan-kynurenine metabolism	70
Effects of data transformation and model selection on feature importance in microbiome classification data	70
The multi-kingdom microbiome of the goat gastrointestinal tract	70